I currently write a client application which communicates with a PHP server.
The application itself requires valid user credentials and get all of his information by doing POST requests to the PHP server. Is the first scenario safe or should I use SSL/TLS instead?
1st scenario (already implemented):
- Client application has a hardcoded RSA public key
- Application generates a random AES key and IV on each start. (Never uses the same key and IV to encrypt the username and password)
- Client application encrypts the AES key and IV with RSA public key in a string
- PHP server decrypts the string and stores the AES key and IV
- Client application encrypts the username and password when trying to login
- PHP server receives the encrypted data, decrypts the data and uses password_verify to see if login credentials match which the stored ones
- After successful login the client application needs some user data and request a nonce from the PHP server using the encrypted username and password
- The PHP server encrypts the nonce and sends it to the client application
- The client application decrypts the nonce and sends it with the POST request
- PHP server takes a look in the database and sees that the nonce is valid
- PHP server sends the AES encrypted data the user asked for
- The client application now decrypts the data
2nd scenario:
- Implementing mutual ssl authentication